This briefing paper provides an overview of issues related to kratom legislation and policy in Thailand as well as a set of conclusions and recommendations to contribute to a reassessment of the current ban on kratom in Thailand and the region. The briefing is based on desk research of existing documentation as well as field research carried out in October and November 2010 in Bangkok, Surat Th...

The resurgence of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in the southern, northeastern and northern parts of Thailand, inflicting approximately 46,000 reported cases since October 2008 until December 2009, has raised public health concerns. In the present study, we characterized nearly complete genome sequences of four CHIKV isolates obtained from 2008 to 2009 outbreaks in Thailand. Phylogenetic analysis wa...

A recent study examining genetic variations among the 3 completely sequenced white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) genomes isolated from China, Thailand and Taiwan revealed five major differences among them. Of these differences, a deletion region between ORF 23/24 and a variable region of ORF14/15 prone to recombination were of particular evolutionary significance. Focusing on these regions, 81 WSS...

Dengue fever is a flavivirus infection transmitted through infected mosquitoes, and is endemic in Southeast Asia, Central and South America, the Pacific, Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean region. A 41-year-old male patient had visual impairment after travelling to Thailand, which is one of the endemic areas. Cotton wool spots were observed on fundus examination. Fundus fluorescein angiograph...

* Corresponding author: Office of Communicable Diseases Control. Region 3 CHONBURI 2000, Thailand. Tel: 66-38-277057-8 Fax: 66-38-27486 spread of Leprosy into the community. The McKane Leprosalium was the first place that established in Chiengmai province, it was run by the American Missionary. The Prapadeang hospital run by the government of Thailand was later established in Samutprakarn provi...

background: obesity and underweight are both a public health concern worldwide. being overweight, and obesity are primary risk factors for the development of chronic conditions including hypertension. data on obesity and the underweight as well as their association with hypertension in thai children, specifically, are scant. this study was aimed to assess the relationship between obesity or und...

Influenza is a worldwide respiratory infectious disease that easily spreads from one person to another. Previous research has found that the influenza transmission process is often associated with climate variables. In this study, we used autocorrelation and partial autocorrelation plots to determine the appropriate autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model for influenza transmissi...

Introduction: There are many similarities between memory impairment in patients suffering from Alzheimer and animals treated by Cannabinoids. The agonists of Cannabinoid receptors affect on a variety of memories and leanings. The present study aims to investigate the role of α-1-adrenergic receptors in central region of amygdala in state-dependent learning induced by WIN55,212-2 (cannabin...

Nisachon JANGPROMMA, Akira SAITO, Tomohiro ARAKI, Prasit JAISIL, Patcharin SONGSRI, Sakda DADUANG, Yuya KAWAGUCHI, Apisak DHIRAVISIT, Sompong THAMMASIRIRAK* Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand Protein and Proteomics Research Center for Commercial and Industrial Purposes, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand National ...